Interesting Psak from Rav Elyashiv: Don't sell your kidney.. for marriage

While Rav Elyashiv has previously said that halachically it should be ok to take money for offering one's kidney for transplant, because everyone involved in the transfer makes money off it except for the donor and there is no reason why he should not when everybody else does, has now paskened that one cannot sell one's kidney for the purpose of raising money in order to be able to deal with all the expenses of marrying off a daughter, largely the expense of buying the apartment.

Mishpacha newspaper reported that an Avreich came to Rav Elyashiv to ask the question, and Ravb Elyashiv was shocked and answered that it is not allowed, but one should find ways to minimize the expenses so it does not get out of hand, rather than look for creative ways to come up with the money.

I am assuming the guy asking the question was serious - you don't go over to the gadol hador and ask him a question as a joke. And that is the saddest part of it. The situation of people feeling such pressure to buy apartments they cannot afford has gotten so strong, that people are seriously considering selling organs to fund this peer pressure.